Booing Max ??

[hot metal]

I noticed Max getting boo`s from the Silverstone crowd, can`t believe there are so many air headed mouth breathers with the money for a grandstand ticket, obviously I was wrong.
I have never been one to defend Max too much but he does not deserve that, especially here. poor show

[flight147z]

I don't like Verstappen (albeit I have a lot of respect for his talent) and I agree with you, the booing isn't nice to watch

[8Ace]

Utter morons. I agree with a poster on the GP thread, this isn't football.

[darreni]

It's a pantomime & he is the current bad guy, replacing vettel.

[antspants]

I'm no Max fan but don't like to hear that, morons all of them!

[PhilAsia]

Happening more and more in sport sadly...

[Pflanzgarten]

Having attended many races I've heard it for years. My main question is why people on PH seem to get so worked up about it? Some even pretend it didn't used to happen in the good old days.

[Welshbeef]

Booing or cheering a side you support in professional sport is all fair game.

To be honest to be booed shows you are extremely talented and a worthy competitor



However this time it’s highly likely more due to the Piquet racism which Max held an interesting response.

[sandman77]

I don’t condone it but I’m not surprised considering his behaviour and attitude towards Hamilton last season including at Silverstone complaining because Lewis was celebrating a victory after he sustained a 51g impact (of his own making).
Max has been driving impeccably this season but fans have long memories.

[Hazmat1]

Has happened countless times through previous years, difference is the driver getting booed..

It was st behaviour then it’s st behaviour now and I fully expect it to be in full evidence in Austria, Zandvoort and within spitting distance of any Dutch population

[sandman77]

Welshbeef said:

However this time it’s highly likely more due to the Piquet racism which Max held an interesting response.

I thought Max was in a difficult position and handled the situation well.

[slopes]

What can you expect, F1 seems to have attracted a new kind of fan. There was a brawl last night in the funfair area for crying out loud.
I don't like Max or Lewis but i would never boo them, they have more talent in one little finger than i do full stop.

[Monkeylegend]

I blame Nelson Piquet.

[GMT13]

It's the only outlet the real fans that actually pay the money and go to the races have to voice/show their opinion on the farce from last year. They can't boo Masi can they?

[Welshbeef]

slopes said:

What can you expect, F1 seems to have attracted a new kind of fan. There was a brawl last night in the funfair area for crying out loud.
I don't like Max or Lewis but i would never boo them, they have more talent in one little finger than i do full stop.

I doubt they could shave a dolphin as good as you

[thegreenhell]

At least they weren't lobbing bottles onto the track like the Hunt fans at Brands in '76.

[Pflanzgarten]

sandman77 said:

Welshbeef said:

However this time it’s highly likely more due to the Piquet racism which Max held an interesting response.

I thought Max was in a difficult position and handled the situation well.

Same here, not much else he could say of course but he publicly said he stood with Lewis which is as much as anyone could hope for all things considered.

Back to the booing, the drivers play up to the crowd so I'm more of the opinion of you dance with the devil-you can't go crowd surfing or swapping the position boards around for cheers and not expect the opposite to come from opposing fans.

By some margin, people post some abhorrent stuff on this site but we're supposed to think booing is the behaviour of Neanderthals.

It routinely reads like simple snobbery from most to me.

Of course they like to look down on people who like football and yes there's some awful things chanted (some insanely funny stuff as well) but as uncouth as some on here think it is, the support for Ronaldo following his partners miscarriage shows their true colours.

[heebeegeetee]

I didn't appreciate the booing either, it's not a good look. It might be because of AD last year (not Max's fault), but it could be also because of Piquet (nothing to do with Max) or it could also be fall out from last year (which was just racing).

Either way, the water is too muddy, the booing harms the reputation of the Silverstone crowd imo.

[Pflanzgarten]

heebeegeetee said:

I didn't appreciate the booing either, it's not a good look. It might be because of AD last year (not Max's fault), but it could be also because of Piquet (nothing to do with Max) or it could also be fall out from last year (which was just racing).

Either way, the water is too muddy, the booing harms the reputation of the Silverstone crowd imo.

Worse than fans invading the track while the race was still running back in '92?

[FourWheelDrift]

Monkeylegend said:

I blame Nelson Piquet.

Has Verstappen commented on his girlfriend Kelly supporting her father and other family members racism yet?